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A new poem by writer and academic Nicky Andrews. Whenua The word “whenua” can mean ground, country, domain, after birth, land/s, and placenta in te reo Māori. I was born three months pre ...

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This Sunday, hundreds of kites will be flown from the summit of Puketāpapa Manu in Auckland. Some will be so big that they ...

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To truly reduce suicide rates, we need to think beyond rehashed policies that paper over the cracks in our system.

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The ECE funding review is an opportunity to design a system that works not just for the average family, but for every family.

As AI becomes more ubiquitous, teachers across the board are struggling to adapt. Hera Lindsay Bird reports. *All names in ...